Improvement in harrows



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Letters Patent No. 72,623, dated DecemberQ-i, 186T.

. IMPROV MENT IN HARROWS.

TO ALL WHOM IT MAY'GO'NClilRlI: 7

Be it known that I, J. T.IFRANKEBERGER, of Hensly, in the county ofChampaign, and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Corn-Harrows; and I do hereby declare that thefollowingis a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had tothe accompanying drawings, and to the letters of refereucemarkedthereon, which form a part of this specificatiom' In, the annexeddrawings, which makes. part of this specification- Figure-1 represents aside view of my barrow. I I Figure 2 isla plan view of the same.

The letter'Areprcsents the main harrow, which is triangular in form. Thetwo sides ofA are connected together by theties B and O, Thetie B ismortised into thesides of A, and the'tie C is securcd to the uppersurface of said side pieces by strong bolts. 4D represents a smaller orsupplemental harrowywhich J's-placed within theangle formed by the sidesof A, and, extends back to within a little distance of tie Q. The'e'ndsof harrow D are then bound together by the iron rods e and), as shown infig. 2. The harrowD is hinged,'near its apex, to A, as represented infig. 2, by an iron rod, d, whichpassesthrough a staple' in harrow D, andthen driven, at its ends, into the sides of A. g designates a strongiron rod, the ends of which penetrate tie C and curve upwards, to afforda support to the rod e. z' and j represent the handles of my barrow, thehandle ifastened securely to one side of A, and the handle j is hingedto the rodf, and is intended to' give a lateral motion to harrow D. kitrepresent two uprights, to .one of which the left handle of the barrow Ais fastened, and the other answering asa support to brace h. indesignates a bar, .which binds brace h and handle 1' together. In theunder surface of bar on a-staple is driven, which supports the handle3'. n represents a rod, hooked at its lower end, and working in loopmade by rod g. The other end of rod 1 isfastenedfto the-handle jQ I Inusing my invention, the small harrow D will be placed over a row ofcorn, with two teeth oueach side of said row. If the team .drawing theburrow should vary to the right-or left, the operator, by movingthehandlej to the right or left, will'throw the harrow D in the oppositedirection, and thus keep it in a line with the corn-row. If stubble ortrash of any kind should lodge against the teeth of harrow D, it-will bedisengaged from the teeth by hearing down on handlej, and thus raisingthe rear of thesaid harrowsome distance above the earth.

' Having thusdeseribed my invention, what I claim, and-desire to secureby Letters Patent, isi The harrow A, the supplemental harrow D, andhandle], the whole combined and operating substantially as hereinspecified. l I i e In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, Iafiix my signature in presence of two witnesses,

' J. T. FRANKEBERGER.

Witnesses v 7 Cancer W. FREELOVE, GEORGE. Fnsu-unsnnenn,

